Brazil declares 3-day morning after night club fire kills 233 January 28, 2013 - 10:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced on Monday, Jan 27 an all-nation three-day mourning following a night club tragedy in south Brazil’s Santa Maria that killed over 230 people, RIA Novosti reports. According to latest data, a fire that broke at the Kiss club killed 233 people, including 120 men and 113 women. Over 90 people remain injured in hospitals with 14 of them in grave condition. So far, 185 of killed people were identified. Earlier, Tarso Genro, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul state, where the club was located, announced a week-long mourning in the state. The fire began on early Sunday morning when a band on stage of the Kiss club started a fireworks display. Thick smoke engulfed the venue after acoustic insulation caught fire. There were at least a thousand of people, most of them students of a local university, when the fire erupted. Panic intensified when security guards locked the exit. Media reports said the guards were unaware of the blaze and tried to stop people from leaving the building without paying. A similar incident occurred in Russia in late 2009 when a deadly fire swept through the Lame Horse night club in Perm, 1,400 kilometers east of Moscow after an indoor firework display set the ceiling ablaze, quickly filling the packed club with toxic smoke and killing a total of 156 people. Partner news  Top stories Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament. Bağış said Istanbul’s unique status as a “peaceful coexistence of all cultures and religions” makes it a vital player in the EU. The agent shot in self-defense in the incident, which occurred at Todashev's house, the law enforcement source said.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenian-French decentralized cooperation conference due in fall  Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met with French ambassador Henri Reynaud.Google reportedly mulls buying map-software provider Waze Google has a widely used mapping tool and could adopt Waze’s technology to add social features to the software.Armenian Deputy PM meets UN Resident Coordinator Vice Prime Minister congratulated Mr. Busetto on the appointment, noting UNDP programs in line with RA government priorities.Armenian President meets OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs The current stage of Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and the future steps were in the focus of the meeting. |
